- Location(s): Netherlands
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): WW2
‘A book we should all read’ Michael Morpurgo During the Second World War, the Netherlands is still under Nazi control and any acts of resistance are punishable by death. But when sixteen-year-old Michiel is asked to take care of...
- Location(s): Chicago
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): late 1970s
WINTER LIGHT is the story of 15-year-old Mary Donahue of suburban Chicago, a kid on the cusp of failure during the brutal blizzard winter of 1978-79, the end of a hard luck, hard rock era sunk in the cynical...
- Location(s): Minnesota
- Genre(s): Future
- Era(s): Contemporary
Abandoned by his father after his mother drowns in a frozen Minnesota lake, fifteen-year-old Wes Ballot is stranded with coldhearted grandparents and holed up in his mother’s old bedroom surrounded by her remnants and memories. As the wait for...
- Location(s): Alaska
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Modern
A tragic mystery blending detective work & spirituality. An exploration in grief, suicide, spiritualism, and Inuit culture, Winter of the Wolf follows Bean as she searches for the truth of her brother Sam’s “”suicide.”” Unconvinced her loving brother could...
- Location(s): Wisconsin
- Genre(s): Fiction, Crime
- Era(s): 1990s
Winter Prey is John Sandford’s suspense masterpiece! Following the international success of Shadow Prey and Silent Prey, Winter Prey creates another heart-pounding chapter in the career of Lucas Davenport, the brilliant, hard-bitten detective from the Twin Cities. The Iceman...
- Location(s): Norway
- Genre(s): Short Stories, In Translation
- Era(s): Contemporary
In Winter Stories, we meet a teenager on the run from social services with her younger half-sister and half-brother in tow, a young single mother struggling to provide adequately for her daughter, and an ex-convict striving to overcome personal...
- Location(s): Michigan, Isle Royale National Park
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): early 2000s
Soon after Anna Pigeon joins the famed wolf study team of Isle Royale National Park in the middle of Lake Superior, the wolf packs begin to behave in peculiar ways. Giant wolf prints are found, and Anna spies the...
- Location(s): Orkney Islands
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Various
These short stories are set in the winter in the Orkney Islands but range over time. They are filled with memorable characters and draw the reader into life in these isolated islands north of the Scotland mainland.
Winter Tales: Folk Stories From Around the World
- Location(s): World
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
A treasury of stories celebrating the wonders of winter, and the qualities within that warm our hearts through the long cold. This stunning book brings together a selection of wintery tales from all over the world – from North...
- Location(s): Virginia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 2000s
It’s one month after their wedding, and the future looks bright for Judge Deborah Knott and Sheriff Deputy Dwight Bryant until a disturbing call from Dwight’s 8-year-old son Cal calls him back to Virginia.When he arrives, he is shocked...
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